Chapter Forty-Six: Lockhart's Book Sale

“Holy! Holy! Holy! LORD_God_Almighty,which_was,and_is,and_is_to_come!”

(Holy!) Holy! Holy! Almighty God was, is, and will always be! )

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The headline ad that had appeared in the Daily Prophet the day before had made a huge difference - in the early morning, almost all the shops in Diagon Alley had not yet opened, and the streets were already crowded!

When the entire magic side is still stuck in the era of "the aroma of wine is not afraid of the deep alley", and only dare to sew advertisements in the newspaper. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lu Yuan actually dared to smash 500 gold galleons, and the heavy money contracted the headlines, it was simply an earth-shattering move! Fortunately, with Lockhart's decades-long bestsellers as an endorsement, the ad ignited a huge shopping enthusiasm, rather than an overwhelming accusation.

As a "friend of women" for young girls, young women, middle-aged women, and old women of all ages, Lockhart has a high influence among women. Of the tens of thousands of people who flock to Diagon Alley today, women make up the vast majority of them! They are dressed in beautiful clothes, holding Lockhart's book in their hands, holding their wands and constantly releasing fireworks into the air, waiting for the "idol" to appear in their brightest posture!

Lockhart didn't disappoint them, and with the roar of twenty cannon salutes, huge paintballs exploded in the air to obscure the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into flying birds! Dozens of goblins rode broomsticks, with small white wings on their backs, and flew over Diagon Alley with trumpets! After a few rounds of showing off in fancy fashion, they split into two rows and threw fresh petals downward.

When "Holy Heaven! Holy! When the song sounded, countless old guys jumped out of bed in fright - they thought they were going back to the days when they were going to be barbecued by the Vatican! But women don't care if it's a hymn to God – and if it is, it's just right to sing Lockhart's praise! When the long-awaited climax came, an illusory door was pushed open, and tens of thousands of women screamed in unison, like the roar of an airplane taking off!

With the golden light of the morning sun, four white horses kicked and galloped through the air, and a magnificent carriage carrying the glittering Gilderoy Lockhart descended on Diagon Alley!

"Ahhh At this moment, I don't know how many girls fainted excitedly, and the flash of the camera lit up into a sea!

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At seven o'clock sharp, the bookstore opens for business as normal - two hours earlier than usual!

When customers walk into the Blotsis bookstore, they find that it has undergone a drastic change - forty goblins use the space expansion spell to expand the interior of the Blotsis bookstore into an existence comparable to a modern shopping mall! Therefore, I saw tens of thousands of customers pouring into the bookstore, but the small store seemed to be never satisfied, and the capacity was unlimited.

Lu Yuan's original intention was to reduce the crowding in Diagon Alley, so as not to affect other businesses—but where would he have thought that with the decrease in the flow of people in Diagon Alley. More witches across the UK are rushing here through the empty Floo net......

The entire bookstore is modeled after a super shopping mall, and transformed into a fully transparent lobby.

On the first floor, in particular, the entire open counter is used to display Lockhart's work! It is divided into two main areas, the "Signed" sales area and the "Non-Signed" sales area. Although there is a big difference in price, the signed edition sales area is crowded today, while the non-signed edition area is crowded - in fact, the psychology door in the middle is enough to write a monograph!

From the style of the aisle to the choice of lighting, from the shopping experience to the interaction between customers.

The two seemingly fair areas, except for the area, are all one-sided in favor of the autograph sales counter - imagine the non-autographed book selection area right under the view of the autograph checkout area. In the field of vision of those customers who are about to buy a signed version of the book, taking down a "cheap" non-signed version from the bookshelf definitely requires a heart as big as ****!

I don't know how many people have fled under this gaze.

The signing of Lu Yuan is different from the signing of Muggles, and the signed books have long been on the shelves. The only thing Gilderoy Lockhart has to do is sit in the heart of a circle of sofas, chatting with the female book lovers sitting around him, answering their questions and responding to all kinds of flirting...... Most importantly, politely and gently ask them to sit down, and then politely and firmly ask them to leave after five minutes!

Lockhart's success is no accident – when it comes to wooing book lovers, others can score 60 points, but he can do 120 points! What Lu Yuan arranged for him is what he is best at!

And what is Lu Yuan doing now? He's ...... Prices! That's right, the price increase. Because ordinary capitalists rely on integrity, crazy capitalists rely on the market!

"The signed version of "I Can Magic" sold like crazy! Inventory is already less than 30%! Add 12 Galleons! "There are shouts everywhere, and relying on the elves' outstanding mathematical and financial talents, they are flocking to this system of temporary price increases! And every time the price increases, it will only trigger more crazy snatching!

The sales frenzy did not settle down until most of the autographed books were sold out. Customers began to visit other areas of the bookstore or take a break on the various couches scattered throughout the bookstore. They either soothe their moods or appreciate the "loot" they have just had. Of course, it is inevitable that some women will start to regret it after waking up from their shopping frenzy.

But the goblins' "mark-up recycled signature version" sign quickly dispelled their doubts - what is this called? This is called appreciating when you buy it! People always hold on to what has appreciated, and only a very small number of people resell it.

In the entire building area, the most popular area is now only the area where Lockhart chats. The ladies stared at it with fiery eyes, and by the way, they glanced at the number plate in their hands with a reserved gaze - there was a rapid rotation of batches, and every time someone deliberately dragged and refused to leave, or was too pretty, they would be cursed by the witches in the entire hall!

By the way, the curse of the witches is particularly effective, and just now a witch with a pockmarked face ran out crying......

"How?" Finally busy with a big wave, Lao Lu's basic attributes are tired. He sat down and whispered a question to the goblin next to him. "Oh oh oh~!" This goblin with wings has a happy mouth, and he can't speak in tune. Although he works in a bank, he can collect gold coins like a tide like today, really! Not! See! Pass!

In less than two hours, more than 40 people signed the book for the night and sold out! It's unimaginable! You know, the other stores in Diagon Alley haven't opened yet......

"Okay, this first pot of gold is there...... Well, there's one more thing to do! Lu Yuan just wanted to stretch his legs in relief, and saw outside the window, the Weasleys, Hermione Granger and her parents, and Scarhead Harry Potter, a group of people walking towards the Blotted bookstore.

"Go, get a few sets of complete works, the ones I kept." He explained to the goblin next to him. When Lockhart sent away this group of book lovers, Lu Yuan stopped the next wave of customers who were about to come forward, "I'm sorry, please wait, some guests with appointments have arrived...... The Weasleys, the Grangers, and our undead boy Harry Potter! ”

Lockhart, who was groggy from socializing, heard Harry coming, and suddenly became energetic - no, after the previous big scene, he had long since had no thoughts of taking pictures with Harry Potter and rubbing the heat. Lockhart was mainly to catch his breath, he never thought that accompanying female fans would be such a terrible thing......

Next, although the Weasleys and their group of children were caught off guard, it was a good thing after all. And with Mrs. Weasley and Hermione, two book lovers, supporting them, they finally coped with it. Lockhart also took the opportunity to announce that he would become a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School.

Lu Yuan watched from the sidelines, feeling a burst of satisfaction—the advertisements, the pomp, the book signings, and Harry's group photo—all the things he had promised had finally been fulfilled...... Well, except for the little girl on the side, everything is fine.

Ginny Weasley hid behind her brothers and glared at Lu Yuan with the most vicious eyes, trying to scare him! The expression clearly said, "What's wrong with following the plot, it's just that you're troublesome!" ”

You must know that today is her "big day".

Today, Malfoy will take advantage of the chaos to sneak "Voldemort's student diary" into Ginny's basket - and then Ginny will open the secret room "under the control" of the journal, which is the beginning of the events of the secret room this semester. Now Lu Yuan has changed the Blotting Bookstore to look like a square, and it is now crowded with people, what if Malfoy's methods are discovered?!

Faced with the girl's resentment, Lu Yuan hurriedly gave two thumbs up--leave it to me! He had just organized a mega-pitch and he was now in high confidence – trust me, yes!

While Mrs. Weasley was chatting enthusiastically with Lockhart, Mr. Weasley was waiting boredly, only to meet the Malfoys as they walked in. Lao Lu took a "Ling Bo microstep", and with the momentum of ringing the bell of the bell in time to cover his ears, he rushed over and kicked the buttocks of the two people! As the two men embraced each other, he kicked Draco Malfoy into Harry's arms with another roundhouse kick!

Ok! Rivals meet! Two pairs of men who have hated each other for many years suddenly joined each other with fists and feet! Lu Yuan threw the black notebook into Ginny's basket with empty hands...... "Look, I'll just say I can handle everything!" ”

He smiled and wanted to get a "like", but he was met with an even more angry eye attack from Ginny!

"Stop fighting! Father! Stop fighting, Harry! By the time Ginny screamed and pulled her father away, his father was blue and swollen, and Harry was crooked.

Two of the most important men in my life were injured at the same time!! Ginny's anger is about to turn into substance, burn that guy, must be burned! He's the demon of my world! When she was furious and wanted to find Lu Yuan, she found that the guy had quietly slipped away.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! "Wait, Wrath of the Lord God!

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"Hi~! Lockhart. ”

Standing in front of the restored Blotted bookstore, Lockhart glanced into the store with nostalgia. Although for more than ten hours, he felt that he was living in the depths of hell! But at this moment, he crawled out of the "hell", but he missed the moment when he was surrounded by book lovers...... Maybe people are so contradictory.

"I think I'll always remember everything that happened today." Lockhart said with emotion. But when he turned around, he saw Lu Yuan put a piece of paper in front of his eyes. "What is this?"

He took the check and saw the series of numbers written on it—even as a best-selling author, he was still shocked by the amount! Immediately, he thought of where the money came from - to be honest, although Lockhart had always been a bit of an IQ arrears, he was actually just narcissistic and vain, not mentally retarded!

So from the very beginning, he knew that Lu Yuan would pluck a few tons of golden fleece from him - he thought that as long as Lu Yuan could do everything he depicted, then he would be willing to be plucked! Who knows, Lu Yuan will really set aside his "that share". This is an additional proceed from the autograph edition, excluding the normal sales of the book. Of course, because a lot of people share, this is only 30% of them.

"I only take what I deserve." Lu Yuan took out another piece of paper and showed it in front of Lockhart. The numbers above are just as staggering, but half as much as Lockhart gets.

"You're a ...... Very nice guys! Gilderoy Lockhart felt that his nose was a little sour, "Reacquaint, I'm Gilderoy Lockhart." Not a Merlin 3rd Class Medalist, nor a famous writer, or an honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts League...... Just Lockhart! Can I get to know you? ”

"Of course," Lu Yuan smiled and shook Lockhart's outstretched hand, "I am Lu Yuan, the land of the continent, the far away." ”

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PS: In the next half month, there are many things, and the update can only do its best. Now it's mainly about sorting things, mailing things that should be mailed, throwing things away, and moving on weekends. Then, as soon as the hospital has a bed in the queue, the wife has to have surgery. It's good to be busy for half a month.,Actually, the plot outline of my world has been completed.,It should be said that it's very smooth to write.,The main thing is that there's no time.。 (To be continued.) )